Portugal 1791 6400 reis

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 43263
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This specimen was lot 43263 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Peca (6400 Reis), 1791. Lisbon Mint. Maria I. NGC AU Details--Reverse Cleaned." This type was struck 1789-93 and 1796-99 for the widowed queen Maria I. It is frequently called a four escudos altho it is not particularly close to the Spanish four escudos in module.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-116; KM-299; Gomes-30.02.

Source:

  • Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Sáez Salgado, Javier, Moedas de Ouro de Portugal, 1185-1889, Lisbon, Numisma Leiloes, 2001.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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